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BEST-SELLERS: PAPERBACK BOOKS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 10, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Co. More information on rankings and methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

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Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 10, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Co. More information on rankings and methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

NONFICTION

1. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton. (Scribner)

THIS WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 9

2. BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Picador)

THIS WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 23

3. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage)

THIS WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 352

4. THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander. (New Press)

THIS WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 165

5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) THIS WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 411

6. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House)

THIS WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 103

7. JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson. (Spiegel & Grau)

THIS WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 90

8. EVICTED, by Matthew Desmond. (Broadway)

THIS WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 22

9. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

THIS WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 158

10. ELON MUSK, by Ashlee Vance. (Ecco/HarperCollins)

THIS WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

TRADE FICTION

1. THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel)

THIS WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 19

2. MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel)

THIS WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 96

3. LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, by George Saunders. (Random House)

THIS WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

4. READY PLAYER ONE, by Ernest Cline. (Broadway)

THIS WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 45

5. BEARTOWN, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square Press)

THIS WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

6*. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, by Colson Whitehead. (Anchor)

THIS WEEK: 6*

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

7. WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES, by Georgia Hunter. (Penguin)

THIS WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

8. LILAC GIRLS, by Martha Hall Kelly. (Ballantine)

THIS WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 49

9*. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, by André Aciman. (Picador)

THIS WEEK: 9*

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

10. THE HANDMAID’S TALE, by Margaret Atwood. (Anchor)

THIS WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 51

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